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Celebrity Snoop – Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Malibu Home

I have just fallen in love with the Californian home of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith! Designed by Architect Stephen Samuelson, it is full of intimate spaces, organic forms and handcrafted details. I...

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Photographer Portfolio – Richard Burns

Richard Burns kindly emailed me his portfolio the other day and I was immediately drawn to these winter warming images. I love how he has managed to convey the feeling of being warm and cosy.  I would...

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A Little Green Goes a Long Way

As I look out of the windows at another grey miserable day I feel blessed that I have a room in my house where plants will flourish.  Building a conservatory on the back of the house was one of my...

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Dutch by Design

Do you ever wonder what the homes of the big names in design look like? Well, this is a glimpse of the home of Casper Vissers and his wife Suzy.  Casper is the co-founder of Dutch company Moooi and the...

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A Fresh Look at Laminate Flooring

I think it’s time to take a fresh look at laminate flooring. It’s major advantages of course are that it’s quick and fairly easy to install (anyone with moderate DIY skills can do it) and it’s...

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Designer Envy – Fiona Barratt

Fiona Barratt interiors was founded in 2006 and designs high-end, international residential and commercial interiors. Her philosophy behind creating fluid and elegant spaces is that they are born of...

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Bring me Sunshine

If there is one colour that is guaranteed to add a little sunshine to our lives it’s yellow. You don’t need a lot.  In fact I don’t think I could live with yellow walls.  My childhood kitchen was...

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Lotta Agaton At Home

I raved about Swedish interior stylists Lotta Agaton and her studio/shop last month after my trip to Stockholm. So when I chanced upon photographs of her home, well, where else would they end up but...

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Confessions of a Property Stalker

Have I ever told you about my guilty pleasure? No, it’s not eating chocolate in secret(although I do that too), and no, I’m not a secret drinker!  I can hardly bring myself to say it…I am addicted to...

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A Warm and Cosy Sitting Room – Top Tips

I’m drawn today to this warm and cosy sitting room as the best antidote to the cold grey weather outside. To me, it’s just the perfect combination of colours, pattern and texture and it has a few...

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Man Cave in Majorca

No rest for the wicked as the saying goes.  No sooner have we launched the Summer issue of Heart Home mag than we start the next.  The first photo shoot for the Autumn issue is next week, no less.  But...

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Makeunder in New York

You may be forgiven for thinking that I only write about glossy interior designed projects and the latest must haves for the modern, eclectic, trend driven home.  And you may be right for the best...

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Modern Manse in Melbourne

Some houses you just feel that you could move straight in. I had that feeling when I saw these images on the Est Magazine website. It’s a family home in Melbourne and it just exudes warmth.  I love the...

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Beam me up, Scotty

I love the look of mellow wood beams don’t you? Especially if come with pristine white walls and soaring high ceilings. Oh, and modern furniture and great expanses of glass too. Such a cosy seating...

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Millionaire Moment with Savills

The house hunt goes on and I have to say not going very well.  The initial idea was a practical one – to become mortgage free.  This means to downsize, or move away from London, neither of which is...

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Designer Envy: Abigail Ahern

The latest issue of Rue Magazine is as stunning as ever but there is one home featured, that for me, stands out above all of the rest.  It’s the home of Abigail Ahern.  Not just because she’s a British...

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A Case for Case Furniture

Anyone who even slightly knows me will know that I’m moving house. Yayy! I haven’t quite secured my dream house yet, but my existing home is all but sold and I have my heart set on a new build.  I’ve...

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Green Living

I have to admit to being a teeny bit obsessed with rooms with plants lately. I’ve managed to keep a few plants alive in my conservatory this summer; not only alive but looking relatively good and I’m...

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A Perfect Marriage of Rough with the Smooth

I think I might like to move into this house for the duration of winter. It’s situated in Montana and weather-withstanding barns, typical to the local environment, inspired the chalet’s construction....

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Any Colour as Long as it’s Velvet

Ahhh, velvet.  That most tactile of fabrics.  So soft and sensuously smooth. So intense and saturated with colour. The very mention of it conjures up scenes of seduction and glamorous lounging. Sofas...

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